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    "id": 552881,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/552881/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 907,
        "legal_name": "Stephen Kipyego Sang",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Wetangula had requested for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the Government’s plan to open more consulates to be used as polling centres by Kenyans living in the USA during the 2017 General Election. The Senator sought to know the following: First, is the role of the Executive in setting up the polling stations. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is vested with the sole mandate of setting up polling stations as set out under Article 182 of the Constitution. Therefore, the Executive has no role in that regard unless so requested by the IEBC to assist where need be. The second issue is whether the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has set up a taskforce on this matter which is not within the Ministry’s mandate. The Cabinet Secretary (CS) has established a taskforce on the implementation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to facilitate voting in the general elections and referenda by Kenyans in the diaspora, pursuant to the Cabinet’s decision/ OP/CAB584A of 2nd December, 2014. The Cabinet directed the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Attorney-General and the IEBC to constitute a taskforce to facilitate voting by Kenyans in the diaspora in line with the Constitution. In compliance with the directive, the Cabinet Secretary (CS), in consultation with the Attorney-General and the IEBC, published the appointment of a taskforce in the Kenya"
}